Syracuse’s sophomore point guard buried a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left in regulation Saturday to force overtime, giving the Orange women the chance to go on and defeat Toledo 74-73 in a WNIT quarterfinals rematch before 4,013 spectators at Savage Arena. Last year, en route to winning the WNIT title, the Rockets edged the Orange 71-68 in overtime in the quarterfinals, with Coffey missing a 3-pointer to tie at the end of the extra session.

With Saturday’s victory, Syracuse (22-14) advances to the WNIT final four for the first time in program history, and will play either Virginia or James Madison, which play Sunday, at a date and location to be determined.

Toledo led 64-61 with 16 seconds remaining in the second half Saturday when Coffey hit her clutch game-tying shot along the left wing. The shot came from nearly the same spot where she missed in overtime last year.

“I think that’s the difference a year makes,” said SU coach Quentin Hillsman, whose team was eliminated in the WNIT quarterfinals the past two years. “Rachel was more composed and she took her time before shooting.”

Coffey had a career-high 23 points on 6-of-9 shooting (6-of-8 from 3-point range) as the Orange shot 38 percent as a team (24-of-64) and ended a Toledo streak of 10 straight postseason wins at home.

During the extra session, the Orange made 8-of-12 attempts from the charity stripe to close out the Rockets. Senior Troya Berry made what proved to be the game-winning point when she converted 1-of-2 foul shots with six seconds remaining. It gave SU a 74-70 lead, which was cut to 74-73 when Toledo’s Andola Dortch banked in a 3-pointer as time expired.

In addition to Coffey, SU received strong games from senior forward Iasia Hemingway, who had 18 points and seven rebounds, Elashier Hall with 11 points and eight rebounds and Carmen Tyson-Thomas with nine points and 12 rebounds.

Dortch topped the Rockets with 23 points. Haylie Linn added 15 and Yolanda Richardson had 10. Courtney Ingersoll, one of the top 3-point shooters in the nation (44.2 percent) finished with eight points, making only 2-of-7 long-range shots.